ALFRED ANDERSCH (1914-1980), used to be one of many most effective novelists of post-War Germany. Like Heinrich Boll and Gunter Grass, Andersch used to be probably the most persuasive and confident critics of the Federal Republic's fledgling democracy. within the post-War years, Andersch helped identify a brand new German literature for democracy, and one among his quite a few novels, Sansibar, (translated as Flight to Afar and now re-issued via the Toby Press) used to be translated into each significant language and have become and overseas bestseller.